Mount Saugstad Explained

Mount Saugstad
Elevation M:2908
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence M:1850
Prominence Ref:[2]
Range:Pacific Ranges
Listing:Mountains of British Columbia
Location:British Columbia, Canada
District:Range 3 Coast Land District
Map:Canada British Columbia
Map Size:220
Coordinates:52.2631°N -126.5281°W

Mount Saugstad is a mountain in the northernmost Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in the Central Coast region of British Columbia, Canada. It is located just south of the community of Hagensborg in the Bella Coola Valley and is immediately southeast of Snootli Peak and also southeast of Big Snow Mountain.[3] The Smitley River has its origins on the west side of the summit[4] at the Saugstad Glacier, which is at 52.2633°N -126.5267°W[5]

Name origin

Mount Saugstad was named for the Reverend Christian Saugstad, the leader of a Norwegian colony in Minnesota who was encouraged to move the colony to Bella Coola by settler B.F. Jacobsen, who had moved to the area prior to 1890. The Reverend Saugstad was the pastor of the local congregation until his death in 1897.[6] Mount Jacobsen to the southeast was named for B.F. Jacobsen,[7] as was the adjacent West Jacobsen Peak in the same massif following suit.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. 13391. Mount Saugstad. 2021-06-04.
  2. 13391. Mount Saugstad. 2021-06-04.
  3. 17162. Mount Saugstad. 2021-06-04.
  4. http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/21699.html BC Names/GeoBC entry "Smitley River"
  5. 17162. Saugstad Glacier. 2021-06-04.
  6. http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/17162.html BC Names/GeoBC entry "Mount Saugstad"
  7. http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/9571.html BC Names/GeoBC entry "Mount Jacobsen"
  8. http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/37739.html BC Names/GeoBC entry "West Jacobsen Peak"